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When it was in production, the final decision as to whether it would be a theatrical release or a made for TV movie had not been made. It wasn't until the rushes started coming back and the studio heads saw that they had a good movie here that The Wrath of Khan was given the green light for theaters. Consequently, the movie was essentially shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio. There are very few scenes in the movie that require a wide screen for composition.

If there is ever a movie with which to not be an AOR purist, it's Star Trek II.

When it was in production, the final decision as to whether it would be a theatrical release or a made for TV movie had not been made. It wasn't until the rushes started coming back and the studio heads saw that they had a good movie that The Wrath of Khan was given the green light for theaters. Consequently, the movie was essentially shot in a 4:3 aspect ratio. There are very few scenes in the movie that require a wide screen for composition.

The fact that Nimoy agreed to be part of the whole movie and wasn't killed off in the opening scenes, as had been scripted in all the early drafts, certainly helped the Paramount brass commit the movie to a theatrical run.

Definitely, premiered on Epix from what I have. Been several really good movies that have premiered on that channel in the last few years. Unfortunately to save money I lost it when I dropped the Blockbuster package.

Definitely, premiered on Epix from what I have. Been several really good movies that have premiered on that channel in the last few years. Unfortunately to save money I lost it when I dropped the Blockbuster package.

From my understanding certain studios have a tie in or maybe even own Epix so it gets a few exclusive movies the past few years. Didn't know it was Dish only. Last movie I remember was hard to find was Cloverfield, never did see it premier on any of the movie channels, may have finally caught it on Epix but not sure.

If you watch on Amazon a lot of blu-rays go below $15. They may only do that for one day, one hour, etc though. What I do is keep movies I want in my cart and check every so often. If you go into your cart Amazon tells you if anything in your cart has increased or decreased in price.